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**steveto** · 12-20-2007, 04:43 PM

Hi people,

I am thinking of starting a blog..actually a few, but wondering if there is a best one or ones I should just not look at.

I have been interested in so far...WordPress, B2 Evolution and Movable Type..

so I don't know which one to try or is easiest to use?

**Relivo** · 12-22-2007, 01:00 PM

Wordpress, no doubt.

**Ehsan** · 12-30-2007, 06:13 AM

Wordpress is the best there is !

**dcristo** · 12-30-2007, 06:30 AM

Wordpress no question. Ton of support and a million plugins.

**tonyfloyd** · 12-30-2007, 10:29 AM

Wordpress hands down.......

PM me for custom development .....

**simon johnson** · 12-30-2007, 04:38 PM

It really depends on your technical knowledge. Installing Wordpress on your own domain works very well and is easy to administer. However if you have trouble with installing software than you may want to consider a hosted solution.

**adquick** · 12-30-2007, 04:52 PM

I use wordpress, and i think its great, but i've been told by quite a few people, that you should avoid wordpress if you have a website with a huge amount of traffic. You might notice that a lot of wordpress blogs go down quick once they have been featured on the digg.com homepage.

-- Phil

**CyrusL** · 12-30-2007, 04:53 PM

another vote for wordpress

**Nodnarb** · 12-30-2007, 05:02 PM

Wordpress

**Relivo** · 12-30-2007, 06:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by adquick

I use wordpress, and i think its great, but i've been told by quite a few people, that you should avoid wordpress if you have a website with a huge amount of traffic. You might notice that a lot of wordpress blogs go down quick once they have been featured on the digg.com homepage.

-- Phil

There are many very large blogs out there using wordpress that get tons of traffic. The main reason why most peoples websites go down from being on the DIGG.com homepage is because of the servers, not so much of the script.

**BobDiGiTaL** · 12-30-2007, 09:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by steveto

Starting a Blobg and which software to use?

I heard spellcheck is good

**tonyfloyd** · 12-30-2007, 09:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Relivo

There are many very large blogs out there using wordpress that get tons of traffic. The main reason why most peoples websites go down from being on the DIGG.com homepage is because of the servers, not so much of the script.

i agree...if your server can't handle the traffic....it doesnt matter what type of script u using.....it's going DOWN!...

**elitedomains** · 12-31-2007, 07:33 AM

I agree - wordpress

Mr. Deleted · 12-31-2007, 11:37 PM

Blogger.com

**aZooZa** · 01-02-2008, 04:35 PM

Wordpress. Easy in every possible way.

cursal · 01-02-2008, 05:02 PM

Wordpress for all the reasons listed above, plus

plugins are easy to add
Code is there for you tweak
uses full css code

*note about blogs in general: pay attention to dupe content, get familiar with your robot.txt file and how to exclude certain directories to limit the bots from letting your pages go supplemental.

**Domainator** · 01-03-2008, 08:53 PM

Wordpress will not work for blobgs

Wordpress it is!

**blacknight** · 01-06-2008, 08:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tonyfloyd

i agree...if your server can't handle the traffic....it doesnt matter what type of script u using.....it's going DOWN!...

That's not true.

If you use MovableType with static content Apache won't have any issues with the traffic

**lazyleo** · 01-06-2008, 09:23 AM

Wordpress!

**draggar** · 01-06-2008, 09:24 AM

A bit redundant, but I'll vote for WordPress.

12-20-2007, 04:43 PM	#1 (permalink)
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12-22-2007, 01:00 PM	#2 (permalink)
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12-30-2007, 06:30 AM	#4 (permalink)
dcristo Platinum Lifetime Member Last Online: Today 02:30 PM iTrader: (55) Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 2,844 DNF$: 1 Location: Australia Country:	Wordpress no question. Ton of support and a million plugins. __________________ virtual assistant services

12-30-2007, 10:29 AM	#5 (permalink)
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12-30-2007, 04:52 PM	#7 (permalink)
adquick Platinum Lifetime Member Last Online: 07-01-2009 07:54 AM iTrader: (0) Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 9 DNF$: 40 Location: UK Country:	I use wordpress, and i think its great, but i've been told by quite a few people, that you should avoid wordpress if you have a website with a huge amount of traffic. You might notice that a lot of wordpress blogs go down quick once they have been featured on the digg.com homepage. -- Phil __________________ AdQuick 2.2 NEW UPDATE OUT! - AdBrite Clone PHP Script BlogQuick 1.1 NEW UPDATE OUT! - Pay Per Post Clone PHP Script

12-30-2007, 04:53 PM	#8 (permalink)
CyrusL Platinum Lifetime Member Last Online: Today 10:48 AM iTrader: (13) Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 320 DNF$: 2,747	another vote for wordpress

12-30-2007, 05:02 PM	#9 (permalink)
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12-31-2007, 07:33 AM	#13 (permalink)
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aZooZa Name: Dale Hubbard Last Online: Yesterday 12:09 PM iTrader: (45) Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 5,868 DNF$: 5,845 Location: Exeter, England Country:	Wordpress. Easy in every possible way. __________________ UK Drop Catching Services: Dropsystem.co.uk New! Canada TBR Drop Catching: Dropping.ca New! QUALITY MiniSites: NOTsoMINI.com

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Domainator DotAgent Last Online: Today 12:10 AM iTrader: (27) Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 976 DNF$: 6,442 Country:	Wordpress will not work for *blobgs* Wordpress it is! __________________ DOMAINator

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